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For Pickers. Just copy paste and complete the data :)
* [GAME#1](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#1-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#1-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#2](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#2-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#2-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#3](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#3-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#3-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#4](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#4-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#4-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#5](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#5-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#5-HLTBTIME
- Please make sure your games are sorted by completion before applying.
- If you so desire and you have at least 5 unplayed SG wins, the 5 games can be picked out of your SG wins (instead of only 2/5). Just note it in your application comment.
- Note in your post if you're ok playing multiplayer only games.
- Same for Early Access (I know some people want to wait for release).
- When you finish one (or more) of the games picked for you, please post an update by replying to your picker's comment.
- If the game has achievements, you can link to either the Steam or Astats page corresponding to your progress.
- If the game doesn't have achievements, please post a screenshot showing your completion.
- Finally, if you have completed all the games that were assigned to you but want another go at it, feel free to post another application.
- You can pick for/challenge up to 2 fellow assassins, please refrain to pick more so everybody who wants get a chance at it.
- You can pick for anybody who has applied and hasn't been given a list yet, unless they specified otherwise (see next point). It is recommended to signal with a "reserved" comment that you're currently picking for that person. This way it'll avoid the situation where you spend time picking games just to come back to somebody's comment 2 minutes prior.
- Please use the following criteria when picking a list for somebody.
- Pick exactly 5 games
- Length-wise: at least 2 short games (under 10h to beat) and 2 medium (under 15-20h). You can use HLTB to check the time, or more conveniently the Enhanced Steam browser extension (it shows the HLTB time directly on the game's steam page). That rule can be overridden by the bottom (i.e. pick 5 short games) but not the other way around, as not everybody has the same time to dedicate to gaming.
- Pick two SG wins unless the person specified SG wins only, in which case pick only in the applicant's SG wins list.
- Quality-wise: at least 3 of the 5 games should have a positive (or above) rating. You can use this site to quickly sort games in a user's library by ratings (thanks to JaffaCaffa for the suggestion).
- Please, respect the applicant's choice regarding multiplayer-only and Early access games, as well as other requests (exclusion of certain genre etc.).
- Please use the code below to post your comment, it's already formatted, you just have to copy/paste & complete the data.
Do I have to participate in this event?
No, this is an event to help you reduce your backlog. If you already have a plan and don't want anyone to pick games for you, you're free to ignore it.
What happens if I don’t participate in the event?
Absolutely nothing.
What happens if I play all the games picked for me this month?
Still nothing. (You might get a shiny profile badge at some later date. And you can come back for another batch.)
What if I don’t have time to play 5 games?
Don’t worry, one is enough, we’re just asking the pickers to select 5 to give the player a little choice.
One of the game picked for me won’t run on my computer for X or Y reason, what do I do?
If this happens, please notify the picker by replying his comment and ask them to pick a replacement. If the original picker don’t give you an answer within 24h, don’t panic, just leave a comment and we’ll pick one for you. Meanwhile, you could try one of the other picked games if you haven't played them all yet.
I played all 5 games that were picked for me and I want more!
If you have completed all 5 games and reported your completion to the original comment, you can make a new request for another list.
When picking for other people, can I only pick “never played” games?
Not necessarily, you can also pick games that seem to have been abandoned but haven’t been categorized as “won’t play”. No beaten or completed games, or games being currently played obviously.
Why are there so many rules for picking the games? I can’t be bothered!
We’re trying to make this enjoyable for everyone so if you decide to pick games for others, please read and follow the rules. I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for the pickers too, but if it’s bothering you too much, remember you don’t need to pick games for others to join the challenge.
I’m new here, can I join the challenge?
Yes of course (and welcome to BLAEO). Please just be sure to have your games sorted by progress before signing up for the challenge, to make it easier for your picker.
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Here is what I thought. If you played Metro 2033 Redux, then let me know.
- OlliOlli World - HLTB Time: 5.4 hrs
- The Entropy Centre - HLTB Time: 8.7 hrs
- Metro 2033 - HLTB Time: 9.5 hrs
- Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy - HLTB Time: 15.1 hrs
- Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ - HLTB Time: 15.7 hrs
Also, I’d like to ask how much time it took you to organize games by category. I would love to do this as well. And what does “SDB” stand for?
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First: Thanks a lot for the picks they look great. I don’t own the Redux version so the original one is good :)
Then about your questions, first the easier one SDB stands for SteamDB. I used their rating score because it is usually more accurate than the one on Steam.
The other question I have to explain a little longer :D I checked how I could add games faster to lists because adding them one by one is just annoying and time consuming. So I realized that the request always sends the whole list of games. They all have some unique identifiers which are unfortunately not the Steam Ids. For example for OlliOlli World it’s the identifier “aonbmog”. (it’s in the HTML source code)
So I wrote a short Javascript code to retrieve the game name and corresponding Id from my games list. Then I exported my game list from https://lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/ with all information like SteamDB rating, tags and release date. The exported list from BLAEO with the names and Ids I put into this list and sorted the two new columns by the game name so the correct values are next to each others. But because there are some games not on BLAEO or some games are also named differently I had to go through the whole list and move those mapping which were wrong. This took I think 5-6 hours in total.
Then I used excel to filter those rows where for example the Hidden Object tag was marked and copied the identifiers into the request which is sent by BLAEO to add all games to the list at once. This took an hour or two. New games I just sort in manually since then.
So yeah you see it’s a little complicated and I really hope that they will add a bulk add/edit in the future :D
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That’s really cool and this script is not public?
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1 Mail Time - HLTB Time: 3hrs
2 In Other Waters - HLTB Time: 6.5hrs
3 Gamedeck - HLTB Time: 11-14hrs
4 Whispering Willows - HLTB Time: 3 hrs
5 Vampyr - HLTB Time: 17-30hrs
Let me know if you’d like anything repicked!
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Thanks for the picks! Looks like we both are gonna be playing Mail Time :)
I’d love to be challenged! Anything from this list is good!
Do let me know if I’ve done this right. I never done this before. Also, these times are based on how long to beat the story. Completion is another level.
This is perfect, thank you!
Awesome! I’m happy to be of service. 😄
Mail Time is beaten! I’m now working on Phoenix Wright (I beat the first game in the trilogy!)
Woo hoo! Well done! I just completed a game a few minutes ago. It’s called The Hex. How did you find the game? Worth getting into?
ooo I have to replay the Hex. I like the games from Daniel Mullins, but I don’t remember much from The Hex. Was it good? Mail Time was okay. It wasn’t my cup of tea. To much traversing back and fourth and the story wasn’t very good. Phoenix Wright has been fun so far. I’m starting the second game soon.
I never played a game by Daniel. I heard good stuff about him, but at first I was rather skeptical. I didn’t like the graphics at first. I thought the dialogue and humor will be not my type, but I got surprised. The stories connected well together. It was a fascinating story. I really liked it for what it was.
The good thing is that you’ve wasted ~2 hours on the game, which isn’t too bad. 😉
Ace Attorney is finished! That was definetely a journey. I wasn’t very good at it and it had its pros and cons, but overall its a lot of fun. I’m gonna write up a long review on it soon
Looking forward to hear about it. 👍